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14 Cool And Unusual Aquariums

Do you live a stressful life, have high blood pressure and insomnia? Keeping an aquarium may be a good therapy for you! Studies going back as far as the late 80’s have shown that watching those beautiful fish going about their daily business can make you feel calm, reducing stress levels and your blood pressure.

Although researchers have shown that the greater reduction in blood pressure occurred when there were fish in the tank, vs pleasingly decorated, but fishless, tanks – having a cool aquarium can at least make your friends jealous! [123]

1. Duplex Aquarium / Bird Cage

Duplex is an acquarium/cage favouring an improbable encounter between a bird and a fish. The aquarium is thermoformed so as to create a space where the bird can fly at the same visual level as the fish. (Designer: Constance Guisset)

2. Aquarium Sofa

3. Aquarium – Coffee Table

4. Old TV Aquarium

Ever wondered what to do with that ancient 26″ wooden TV set laying around in yours or your grandparent’s garage? (Link)

5. iPond

The iPond is an iPod accessory the combines a speaker with a tiny aquarium. A single fish lives in about 650 millilitres of water. It’s all the rage in Australia, but some consider it animal cruelty.

RSPCA spokesman Hugh Wirth said despite the fighting fish’s ability to breathe air from the surface, the tank was far too small for it to receive adequate oxygen. The small volume of water would lead to rapid temperature change and this meant the tropical fish would not live long, he said. “The iPond should be banned”, Dr Wirth said. (Link)

6. Aquarium Office Table

If you do not have enough room in your new office to put an aquarium, just integrate an Aquarium in the table. (Link)

7. Infinity Aquarium

The repetitive geometrical shape of Infinity aquarium creates a visual metaphor to life in the fish bowl. (Link)

8. Telephone Booth Aquarium

Benoit Deseille and Benedetto Bufalino have transformed a regular telephone booth into a functioning aquarium for the Lyon Light Festival in France. (Designers: Benoit Deseille and Benedetto Bufalino)

9. Fish N Flush

Fish ‘n Flush is a patented, two-piece aquarium toilet tank, designed by AquaOne Technologies, Inc., an innovator of water-management systems. Fish ‘n Flush fits most two-piece toilets and turns the bathroom into the center of attention with its unique design of an aquarium that wraps itself around a clear inner tank. (Link)

10. Aquarium Sink

11. Artistic Aquarium

12. The Air Aquarium

The Air 1 Aquarium is a glass, zeppelin-shaped aquarium supported by a steel frame with simplistic design and combination of simple elements that are part of everything yet autonomous according to the French designer Amaury Poudray, a part of the brand new design studio “Matiere A”. (Designer: Amaury Poudray)

What do you think?

Now with all the TV screens getting thinner and thinner it won’t be possible to make an aquarium out of it anymore :( Bring back the old days!

Juliet

i don’t know why but i really love “The Air Aquarium” (12). not sure about the fish though, looks like no air inside, and not too much space

thomas

is it necessary to buy new fish everytime you flush the toilet? lol.:D

eleonora

you shouldn’t forget that fish are alive creatures and first of all aquarium must be comfortable for fish – enough space, plants.. some of these artistic aquariums are cruel for fish..

erique

imagine that your grandpa comes to visit you, and he feels really p*ssed because there’s only this fish channel, and plugs in the plug :D

Karissa

@Eleonora: while i agree with your concern for fish comfort, the majority of these (save for the pipeline, & the iPond, which is definitely questionable) are built with sufficient space for certain small fishes (and their plants), such as the beta fish and small schooling fish. all in all, these are pretty creative ways to enjoy your aquatic friends :)

http://no.com NoMeansNo

How to you effectively clean the Labyrinth aquarium?

Me

that was funny

rebecca

how do you feed the fish and clean the tank?

http://www.meganandstefan.com Stefan

The aquarium sink = Awesome.

http://www.askmichele.mysiteinc.net michele

I think i better get another fish tank…lol…got some great styled fish tanks…love the desk fish tank…cool

http://Facebook Jay Smith

It should be noted that not all of these above ideas are good for the fish. I have tried multi-layered environments with fish and birds, and although the birds were very entertained by the fish, the very fast and sometimes erratic movements of the birds scared the crap out of the fish and stressed them.
Also, the phone booth idea does not look good; unless all the electronic and possibly corrosive parts and components of the phone were completely removed, it could over time toxify the water.
Comepletely transparent enclosures for fish, with no substrate, plants, or other objects has been known to cause fish significant stress and even disorientation.
Its not just about what looks cool, but what is humane or considerate for the animals.

Catherine

The pipeline one has enough space, if you see the complete pictures of it, we can clearly see that it’s an extension to a real aquarium. It’s design is just like these tubes for hamsters and micee ^^

Aunt Edna, calling from Lawrence Welk Village

How are any of them effectivly cleaned, but especially that one.

Debby

Thank you Jay Smith for the last line of your contribution here. Too often people are only concerned with the latest stupid fad and ‘looking cool’ and inevitably the animal in question suffers.

http://jeffkushnermgmt.com Jeff Kushner

I think there are some very creative designs here. The toilet tank, the sink tank……great imagination. All of them are very innovative. My only question is how do you maintain most of these designs? I have had aquariums for 35 years and the most intensive part is the upkeep.

Megan D.

These are some very neat ideas, but I’m curious about the sink tank. Say I wash my hands or face with hot water, wouldn’t that greatly affect the tank temperature?

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That pipeline aquarium just gave me and idea, what if you make it pass through the whole house? it would be awesome. But still, I love the coffee table and aquarium and the aquarium sink the most.

DJ

I’m just a fan of letting fish live in their natural environments.

Allison

That’s what I was thinking, Megan. Fish are extremely sensitive to temperature, and the sink and other smaller aquariums shown in this list could be very harmful to fish. This coupled with a lack of accessible oxygen, filtration, moving water, and an inability to be easily maintained make most of these unrealistic and detrimental to the well-being of fish.

sage

Ok, so what if you got the duplex aquarium and you put a salmon in the fish tank part and an eagle in the bird cage part? Hmmm can anyone say DINNER?? hahahaha

Iggypop

Completely agree with Eleonora, they seem nice, but poor fish! Think about quality life, they are living creatures,

http://elizabethmd.etsy.com ElizabethMD

I totally agree with you Eleonora. Some of these (as nifty as they look) are pretty inhumane for the fish!

pinkie

HA!

pinkie

some fish live in puddles and ditches (like the beta.)
They prefer to live in small, or low water spaces.

SChao

I am surprise that the aquarium headboard didn’t make the list!

Catie

I love the toilet and sink aquariums! :) I don’t know how people come up with things like that! Although I might be a bit uncomofortable having fish watching me on the toilet.

Azrim Hart

Very creative ideas. My favourite is the Coffee Table aquarium.

emily15wild

i like the sink the best. so cool!!!

Name

I think a lot of these have enough space, but seriosly. The ipond???? Completely inhumane!

Sophie

The pipeline fish tank is totally from Gaston Lagaffe. A french cartoon.

amber

it would be totally possible to make an aquarium from a thin tv case. I worked with tanks that thin all the time at the Florida Aquarium, they’re called plasma (in reference to plasma screens) tanks. Small hawk fish clown fish and tiny tangs don’t mind it at all. Of course some tangs who grow too large need to be moved…..but what ever just means you’d need two tanks

Charlie

WHY DO I NOT HAVE ANY OF THESE THINGS?????

lacie

wow the things they come up with these days blow my mind. the couch was one of my favs! cool shit!

Maria

The Pipeline Tank sounds really cool, but how would you feed them? How would you clean the glass? What would you do if a fish died in a spot too far to reach from an opening…? Hmmm.

Lii

this is a world of ignorance. If someone was rich enough to get one of those fancy tanks I doubt they’re gonna fill it with cheap fish…

The toilet and sink might seem cool. These tanks are a good conversation piece but not so fish friendly. The special sponges used would not properly clean a toilet so scratching of acrylic is in inevitable.. plus the stress factor these fish would have!!!

If you are one of those few who are lucky to have everything and have enough bathrooms in a home to NOT use this one, it could be neeeeeeet. But how many people of that stature are going to invite their guests to see a bathroom they can’t use.

Yes there is a sucker born every min. and there is always someone out there willing to take their money.

Some of these are really delightful. Others might be good only for say, a movie set & then be dismantled because they aren’t really safe for the critters. But they sure are unique & neat to look at.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Susan-E-Stein/1618531156 Susan E Stein

Some of these are really delightful. Others might be good only for say, a movie set & then be dismantled because they aren’t really safe for the critters. But they sure are unique & neat to look at.

Sgdr

number 11 is my favorite. some of the table ones were pretty cool too. oh and the sink one :D

David Little

hi has any of the desiners thought about the animals geting shock in the verry few i seen at the top of the page made me feel sick think of the animals insted of making the absolutly stupitist cruil designes a sane humin bean could imagin in a sivilised sosaity no more of this mind numbing crap please .

Daylesnail

LOL. Love that the ‘possibly related article’ that showed up had a picture of sushi on it! Mean!!!

http://www.facebook.com/evisciagrimes Eviscia ComputerWhisperer Grim

Very cool ideas… except the iPond. I don’t care about the fish’s well being, but there’s a point in time where there are too many iPod accessories. As far as anything else… oh jeez, they’re just fish. Humane societies only care about the cute fluffy animals… not fish of all things lol. If you take that offensively, you need a backbone. Beautiful ideas, though, I think I want to do the pipeline one :)

http://www.facebook.com/evisciagrimes Eviscia ComputerWhisperer Grim

It is not the same as “trapping a human inside a 1m x 2m box with loud noise blaring around and inside it”. Fish don’t have the brain capacity to even have paranoia, anxiety, and a slew of other mental disorders. We are not the same as fish. Fish barely think at all. Sure, it would probably freak them out, but it wouldn’t cause the same effect as it would with a human. Sure, it might be animal cruelty, but I happen to not give a fuck because it’s just a fish. Your example is like saying a fly has the ability to feel sorry for itself. Everyone needs to grow some balls. Keeping a dog in a small space, yeah that’s really fucked up, but fish have poor eyesight and teeeeeeeny tiiiiiiny little brains. I hate people.

http://www.facebook.com/evisciagrimes Eviscia ComputerWhisperer Grim

That’s what I would thinking. I’m sure it would suck though. I’d be sure to choose hardy fish that could survive through small changes within their environment. Perhaps strategically placing doors or pumps would allow the dead fish to be removed easier. Fish tanks are always more trouble than they are worth anyway lol.

http://www.facebook.com/evisciagrimes Eviscia ComputerWhisperer Grim

Yeah I dig the toilet and sink ideas, but I have a living room for guests, I don’t want them all crowded around my toilet in the bathroom lol.

http://www.facebook.com/evisciagrimes Eviscia ComputerWhisperer Grim

Fill it with perverted fish…

faetastic

They were actually selling something called the “iPond” at the Walmart in Canada. I thought it was highly disturbing! This one was a little larger… Definitely big enough for maybe even 2 or 3 goldfish, but having a speaker in your fishtank??? You’re not supposed to even tap on fishtank glass, so I couldn’t imagine that having a built-in speaker would be considered humane.

Tweetysweety2389

Who cares, they are fish. We kill and eat fish all the time.

Anonymous

I have thought about making a pipline aquarium before. Another cool idea is putting an aquarium on the other side of a window with aquatic plants that kinda look like tree leaves, and when someone walks in a see the fish they’ll be like O_o

how do you know fish don’t have feelings just like us? that’s a little far fetched to proclaim so boldly. just because science hasn’t proved it doesn’t mean they can’t. science itself is an ever improving ideology. The brain size doesn’t make someone/something feel or not feel. their brains are just more properly sized for their bodies. don’t spew ridiculous claims in anger just because you don’t care about fish. you look retarded when you do so.

Pokie <3

i luv it. all but the ipond thing. i mean wtf!?!

buba

creativity to fish ? cool but strange. i love !

Stacey-x-91

I absolutely love these designs, but are they really practical? I think (other than the ipond) with a few changes in material and dimensions these could really be such fantastic things to have in a home, but at the moment would the fish really be happy, healthy, have enough space to swim? At the moment they only seem to be pleasing to the eye, but I do still love them, they just need some tweaking.

Jake9938

those where amazing fish tanks

Jimster1109

It would be a real pain in the *** to clean most of these tanks.

Jake9938

those where amazing
and exensive

Rubyw4

By the way, the pipeline aquarium is to link two or more larger aquariums; It’s not an entire aquarium all by its self.

Maryssa

Actually, it truly isn’t the size of the brain that matters, small primates have almost as highly developed brains as humans do. However, fish lack upper brain structures required for thought and emotion. Fish have what is known as a primitive brain, which only has the regions required for scent, sight, tactile stimulation, respiration, osmoregulation, balance, and homeostasis. Fish truly do lack the brain capacity to experience emotion. Their “fear” is merely an imprinted reaction to something they perceive as a threat. A.K.A. the fight or flight response. The issue here is that it is inhumane because keeping fish in such a small container limits their oxygen as well as exposes them to frequent and extreme changes in temperature which can be cruelly damaging to their health. But, since there is no such thing as a “happy” fish in the sense of the word as you and I know it, emotions really don’t play a part in the argument of humanity versus inhumanity.

Danielhg99

i don’t know who the hell thinks that fish cant feel stress and dont have memory because I taught my fish tricks like barrel rolls all you have to do is conduct them with a lazer pointer

Choco

But what is the point of keeping one alive in some ridiculous environment where it’s practically tortured to death…
Kind of sadistic if you ask me…

Shizmoo

I can’t believe some people would be okay with keeping animals in ridiculous living conditions for no fucking reason. Learn to have some fucking compassion. Jesus.
“Oh meh! I don’t like fish! So nobody else should care about them!” Honestly, you do realize that some countries are ALL about fish, right? Certain types of fish can sell for several thousands of dollars… they go through intense breeding lasting several generations to get every desirable quality… so really, not everyone in the world thinks fish are as worthless as you do…And I hate people too. Especially ignorant people with mindsets like yours.

Cloudy

How the frack do you change the water in the labyrinth one? That’s rather impractical…

SweeperZ31

buying an ipond just because everyone is against it!!!!

Jake9938

this is amazing

Ellie Grey

Those all look cool but what kind of fish can you have in some of them, some of those tanks are not good ideas and some are too small!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BabyKK_013

I was thinking the same thing. The water will turn green in like a week, and it won’t be so pretty.

Josephsunno

nice and fantastics/////////////see………….forever

Lindseypaquette

Or the pipeline.. Doesn’t give that showcase fishy much option to be free… The tanks should come with a life expectency…

Steev

There is an old saying in Thailand that goes “the betta found heaven in a buffalo’s hoofprint”.(A comment on the fact that they don’t like large bodies of water)

Steev

Have you seen the Asian breeding factories for bettas?They consist of thousands of empty “Hip flasks”, (the type used for alcohol )with a volume of less than 500 mils when full and these are not full to the top so the amount of water they really need is extremely small.They are air breathing fish and will actually drown if trapped under water for too long…Isn’t nature wonderful?+
I personally keep my bettas in larger tanks than the itank but if you keep an eye on the water quality the fish won’t mind the confinement.

MaiyaJay

so amazing

cplee123

these are so cool i want them

Kate

Dont be such a downerrr!

guest

That is so cool! I love all the pictures, they make me want to get fish!

Xxxk1r4xxX

all i can say is AWESOME!!! this is the kind of stuff i have dreamed of!!!!!!!! :)

http://www.facebook.com/CalicoWolf Melanie Feller

Wouldnt the sink, and coffee table, when in use scare the fishes?

http://www.facebook.com/sarimalen Sara Peña

how the hell do you feed your fish in the ipond?? it’s insane. what happens when you carry it in your pockets?? i can’t even think what it would be like.

http://www.facebook.com/sarimalen Sara Peña

don’t be such an ass. animal have rights too.

Blueshadow

i love the sink and toilet aquarium.

frosty12345

sick that is soooo cool

Kbfishinwaters

Dear Lucy, I actually have the pond and it is totally cool. If u have iPhone, u should get one!

______

awesome

Sarapenasucks

no they dont retard thats why theyre animals

http://twitter.com/ninjasqrl Ninja Squirrel

why am I not surprised that someone who has no compassion for animals would call another human being a retard.

Tanya

We eat fish.

http://www.rachealthcomplex.com/ Pigeon Control

This would get ultimately nasty after not too long. I bet they
just set them up or pay outrageous amounts to have them cleaned daily.

Cecebella09

utterly amazed.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1456730802 Gaby Syman

one day i will make the pipeline aquarium.. that is SO epic.

Debbie10570

Only a few of these seem worthy . more then half the list are so NOT cool at all. for the simple reason that the fish are living breathing creatures.With all the digital possibilities-why not use simulated versions instead of “live” specimens? How long will it take for the novelty to wear off once the owner realizes the tanks need maintenance too. more often then not the fish will die off rapidly and the tanks will be hard to clean and the interest will fade .

callie

yeah these are so great…. my idea of home decor involves tortured animals …..

Hannnah

This is AMAZING!!!!!!! My fav are the telophone booth, fish n flush amd the old tv aquariam. But all of them are fabulous

Hotshot6477

just because they are fish does not mean that we should commit animal cruelty to them. i measure intelligence by how in tune we can live in nature and by that fish are a lot smarter than you.

Rittoparekkadan

thanks ddddaaaa verry good

Flamboyant Futtlefish

Is it really right to take any animal, no matter it’s mental capacity, and place it in conditions that hurt it’s health and shorten it’s life span?

Aly

im actually a very religious person but theres a difference between being religious and being a sickening prude. Get over yourself.

Aleksandrakeith

ipond, not a good idea- hope I named it correctly…..but, I concur> should be banned. All the others are boss!!!!

Aleksandrakeith

a-hole

Aleksandrakeith

It’s Wal-Mart, ignoramous

Hunters295

very innovative..but some are too small and particularly dislike the ipond ipod…very cruel.

Hunters

people who care about the welfare of animals and fish already have a backbone….it’s the people who couldn’t give a damn that don’t…they are basically spineless.

So everyone has different opinions about this whole fish thing. How about instead of using real fish, we use plastic ones?! :) That way no fish are stressed or put in a poor living condition. Plus, less of a hassle for humans… no fish food! Haha, just trying to level the playing field here…

Humane Retard

All you people fighting over who is a humane retard or whatever… the only ones I see a problem with are.. the iPond of course which has a paragraph under it saying its a horrible idea.. the Air Aquarium seems rather small and bland… and the telephone booth one if those are real telephone parts in there, the corrosion of parts would be bad for the fish eventually.. but I’m sure you could replace that with other materials that are used for fishtanks… plus I dont think its even for sale, it was for a festival, could have been for that week and then taken apart idk.. oh and the Pipe Line is alright if it leads to bigger tanks.. as for the fish and birds being together.. I would imagine after a while the fish would get used to it.. fish can use a little stimulation.. plus I get stressed at work by my boss and/or customers and nobody seems to think its inhumane..

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SJ3TH4YA5IDNBIPJ6RUY6NL3EY Kathy

I hate the Ipod aquarium idea. That is very cruel! But the other ones were great!!

Demosthenes

Most of these aquariums are terribly impractical. First, a healthy aquarium is going to build up some algae and solid waste that has to be cleaned and removed. How would that work with the sink and the couch? Secondly, like Jay states it is cruel to fish who do have complex brains and neuro systems. The fish iphone is the cruelest, because even a betta needs at least a gallon to be happy.

Broney769

Then explain why people go to prison and jail all the time for abusing animals… You’re the retard!

Anonymous

Humans are animals too, genius.

Moonshadows_angle

most people use the pipeline to link. tanks having it by itself would be a little bad.

JJE

wtf your a big jerk! you even changed your name to sarapenasucks that is immature and low. even for you. ass.

Surely fishes would like to have the toilet as their aquarium :)).. its like putting the people live in a coffin! ..but i like all the other ideas.

ASHLYNNE

THEY ARE COO TANKS I WISH I COULD GET ONE THEY ARE JUST SO COOL !!!!!!!

Christophernduncan

well no not really. there is no where in the constitution about animals JUST SAYING!!!

Jawzmac

The i-pond is not cool. In fact it is extremely cruel. It shouldn’t be included in this article.. Even if the fish had 2x as much water, it is a vanity purchase that is only harmful to the fish. I am surprised Apple allows the use of the i-pond name. I am even more concerned if it is an Apple idea/patent. I would re-think future Apple purchases. The other aquariums are cool, although some are just ugly. The coffee table is by far the most functional for humans and fish.

Jawzmac

The i-pond is not cool. In fact it is extremely cruel. It shouldn’t be included in this article.. Even if the fish had 2x as much water, it is a vanity purchase that is only harmful to the fish. I am surprised Apple allows the use of the i-pond name. I am even more concerned if it is an Apple idea/patent. I would re-think future Apple purchases. The other aquariums are cool, although some are just ugly. The coffee table is by far the most functional for humans and fish.

Jawzmac

The i-pond is not cool. In fact it is extremely cruel. It shouldn’t be included in this article.. Even if the fish had 2x as much water, it is a vanity purchase that is only harmful to the fish. I am surprised Apple allows the use of the i-pond name. I am even more concerned if it is an Apple idea/patent. I would re-think future Apple purchases. The other aquariums are cool, although some are just ugly. The coffee table is by far the most functional for humans and fish.

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i like the sink the best. so cool!!!

guest

actually people have paid to have a fish tank in a telephone booth it happened on the tv show tanked

Daniel Hill

in some countries yes :) umm tasty.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706691123 Arno Brosi

Personally I have no respect for people who don’t believe in animal rights……

animalover

In what way should you respect a person who doesn’t believe in animal rights? Do a little research, learn how horribly most animals are treated, and if you still think it’s really a matter of who gives a shit, then you must be fucked. I honestly hope your child comes out with a disability (which isn’t a far fetch..) and I’m going to say I don’t give a shit about retards, so you should respect that.. People like you are why humans are the worst creatures.

whatiswrongwithyou

Totally cool? How could you possibly think putting a living thing in a container hardly big enough for it to move TOTALLY cool? Where are people’s compassion these days? This generation is so warped that people think having a toy that resembles another toy that is TOTALLY inhumane is cool?

http://profile.yahoo.com/SU5ISIMXW25IJZUPEKOHER4JFU Jessica

These are all really awesome tanks! The pipeline tank looks cool, but confining for the oscars they have in there…those fish are too big for that tank, and I bet it’s super prone to leaks! All the others were really cool too, but alot of them have overly exposed risk to being bumped or tapped, which is terrifying to the poor little fishies inside…Cool pics, nonetheless. Thanks for sharing!
-Carpe Deim-

Kaysee

So it has to be in the constitution to mean anything?

Emma

I really like the sink one and the office desk one. They are my favroites!

Inrezidence

Unbelieveable !Dad used to make bird cages and aquarium cases from old tv’s too.

http://northierthanthou.com/ northierthanthou

Very cool stuff!

Nana4jj

The art of these tanks are beautiful…love the coffee tabble:-):-):-):-)
This whole thread was blown out of porportion due to thr R word…young lady if u were my daughter u would not have been raised a racist.

Lola

Are all of you stupid? Animals do not have rights. Women and minorities had to FIGHT for their rights. Animals can’t do that. That is why humans are encourages to do it for them. “Rights” is a human term for a human society. I agree that if you want to own any animals, you should treat it correctly. That’s consideration and what they deserve, but not a “right.” There’s nothing illegal about abusing a fish. NOW abusing a dog or a horse is another story, IF A HUMAN IS ADVOCATING FOR IT. It has no “rights” because the dog/horse/cat/fish can not advocate for itself. I am shocked that this isn’t an obvious and simple concept to everyone. Seriously.

Educated

So, by this logic, somebody who abuses animals and goes to jail for it – they didn’t have the right to abuse that animal. Meaning the animal has the right to be not abused, which is why that person went to jail. Obviously the word ‘rights’ is a human term, just like every other word in any human language.

Also, by what you said, you think that people should treat animals correctly because it is consideration and “what they deserve”. Didn’t women and minorities gain rights because it was ‘what they deserved’?
I think you have “Rights” and Committing a crime confused. But even so, if an animal kills someone, it gets put down because it was infringing on a human’s rights, and therefore now doesn’t have the right to live anymore because it is considered dangerous.
I can’t believe you think that it so obvious and that everyone should believe in the same thing you think.

Th3-ChaMeleoN

ya no kiddin eh

clownfish

I dont mean to sound like i dont care about animals, i truly do. but, i just want to say….hmmm…let me put it this way.
I believe in god, i go to church but religious people scare the heck out of me.
I do love animal, I design my own fish bowls ,unique and beautiful and very animal safe. but, overly protective animal lovers scare the hell out of me. EVERYTHING IN MODERATION. dont abuse animals ever, but if you want to get your point across….try a more moderate approach so people will actually listen. Have a great day Arno.

Peta don’t help nothing their org. gets money to kill animals not help animals they are a lie! never come to any animals aid when called apon so they are the freaken lie

Peoplescaremesometimes

Wow. The first comment i read is the only one i’ve seen so far that pertains to the beautiful artistry that i stumbled upon today. These designs are brilliant as far as for artwork, but i do agree that it would take a specific type of fish to be able to not confuse the shit out of some of them
As to the inane babble of comments. I personally am the highest clasification of an Omnivore (what we’re supposed to be clasified as) I enjoy my veggies as much as the average vegitarian (That’s doing it for the sake of health or physical illness towards meat, and not just because “EATING MEAT IS CRUELTY TO ANIMALS” XP for those that think that, i respect your desision, please don’t push your beliefs on me) but i also enjoy my meats. I understand that there are some places that my meat comes from that probably doesn’t treat the animals like their in a spa, but if you think about how well the cuts come out, they can’t be treated all that bad or the taste and the texture alone would be far worse. It’s the circle of life and i loove me some cow. It’s either i get it via a place that feeds and nurtures them and then kills them or we could do it the old fashion way and shoot it, miss a major artery and let it bleed to death while i hunt it down.

http://www.facebook.com/vyrkruz.9277 Virginia de la Cruz

maravillosa idea que se puedan ver los peces y los pájaros,

Melissa

The Ipond would be like living in a closet for the rest of your life. that’s not “totally cool.”

Melissa

go live in a 6′x6′ box for the rest of your life and then you can say it’s ok. no offense, just saying..

peace on earth

Jeazel! U are kinda being selfish! U say you believe in god but doesnt he say everyone should be treated equally!, what make a human difderent tan a dog and a dog different from a fish! We are all living creatures. And if no one is peta freak or hippie then how will there evr be peace on earth! I am only 13 and even i know these things!

lead smarty pants

“look who’s smarter” definitely not your sir. Being of a high intellagence does not dictate how fast one learns to walk

lead smarty pants

PEATA represents animals. So in fact most animals have access to better lawyers then you do
.

lead smarty pants

omg you must be 12 years old why are you on the internet

http://www.facebook.com/gullfaraz44 Gull Faraz

Although, I do agree with what you’re saying I think that all these were
simply artistic ideas. They aren’t all meant to be homes for fish. The
entire thing is for the passion of art and put on here for our
entertainment. I’m sure that no person who is educated and knows about
fish would do such a thing. No one is about to pay money just to have a
telephone booth fish tank in their living room, or pay the cost to have
an aquarium that large if they can go to Petsmart and buy a 20 gallon
for fifteen bucks. Like I said previously this whole thing is for
entertainment. I don’t know why everyone is blowing this thing out of
proportion and declaring animals have rights and calling each other
retards. Grow up, of course animals have rights, but not everyone
believes so, and if they don’t that’s their opinion and you should
respect that.

Are all of you stupid? Animals do not have rights. Women and minorities
had to FIGHT for their rights. Animals can’t do that. That is why humans
are encourages to do it for them. “Rights” is a human term for a human
society. I agree that if you want to own any animals, you should treat
it correctly. That’s consideration and what they deserve, but not a
“right.” There’s nothing illegal about abusing a fish. NOW abusing a dog
or a horse is another story, IF A HUMAN IS ADVOCATING FOR IT. It has no
“rights” because the dog/horse/cat/fish can not advocate for itself. I
am shocked that this isn’t an obvious and simple concept to everyone.
Seriously.

They were actually selling something called the “iPond” at the Walmart
in Canada. I thought it was highly disturbing! This one was a little
larger… Definitely big enough for maybe even 2 or 3 goldfish, but
having a speaker in your fishtank??? You’re not supposed to even tap on
fishtank glass, so I couldn’t imagine that having a built-in speaker
would be considered humane. http://www.readenews.com

Heaven

Please learn to use grammar correctly!

Liam McGee

Actually animal rights are very contestable, in todays law Liberty is of the utmost importance. The idea of the government is to only enforce equality and protect liberties of its citizens. Our INDISPUTABLE Liberty as PERSONS is the right not to be made worse off or to suffer unjustly by the actions of others. Animals do not necessarily have these rights. A great philosopher by the name of Midgley once asked, “Is a dolphin a person?”
Kant defines a person as a “being capable of pleasure and suffering with the intelectual capabilities to make rational choice in the best intrest of persons IN A WHOLE”
The last part is capitalize because it is important. Any being can make rational choices in its own interest but Kant is saying only beings that are capable in servicing the greater good of humanity and contributing towards society are worthy of the title “person”
Many law cases have been based and won off this argument. The horrific torture of animals and even death is acceptable if it is in the best interest of human kind.

The reason being, if today we stopped the testing of pharmaceuticals on monkeys who’s to say that we wouldn’t have found the cure for cancer tomorrow if we hadn’t? We are constantly testing our possibly deadly or harmful meds on animals but only because we plan on saving more HUMAN lives than animal lives sacrificed in the process.

In the case of a fish, there is no rights in place for their adequate treatment. The only thing that would be admissible in court would be if the owner was knowingly causing a mass amount of fish harm and not doing anything in his power to stop the suffering. In the case of harmful fish tanks, one could prevent the sale but not the use of fish tanks known to cause distress or suffering to fish.

Liam Mcgee

This is a step backwards for you cause, you should respect any animal irrelevant of its beliefs. I would ventre to say that about 99.9% of animals do not believe in animal rights does this mean that you should not respect them?

http://www.facebook.com/people/Ashley-Seuser/532578008 Ashley Seuser

Well these are all interesting to look at, though practicality of several could be called into question. This is a nice collection, thanks for posting!

http://twitter.com/xincontriadulti XincontriAdulti.It

Great Article. Thank you.

lisalou

God bless your cotton socks!!!! Do you have Mommy issues?? Something obviously went a bit wrong somewhere with you didn’t it you vile git

Thatonegirl

First of all, your comment about horses is completely irrelevant to whether or not they have rights. Second, the fact that human babies are unable to do most things that other baby animals can do is actually counter intuitively proof that humans have higher intelligence. Brains that develop quickly also stop developing quickly, which is why humans take so long to grow, both in utero and as children. Because they take so long to develop, our brains are given the time to grow into the power houses that set us apart from other animals.

That said, I will still agree that animals should have rights. You just shouldn’t use faulty logic to “prove” that they do.

http://www.facebook.com/Stop.Animals.Cruelty Cacau Hirth

You are an animal also, retard….and human kind, is a name invented by our species…. and by the way, the worst species on this planet!!!

http://www.facebook.com/Stop.Animals.Cruelty Cacau Hirth

Do think that it is good? OMG!!!! Would you like to live in a small enclosed space and you could have the whole ocean to live? think about it….FREE

http://twitter.com/MrMazharShah Mazhar Shah

This is great collection i am going to implement these ideas for my home and in my office too :)

http://www.facebook.com/VPRUL Victor Pérez-Rul Altamirano

It is design, not art.

Design has to be deeply thought. From production and ergonomics to user comfort and product waste. Some of this designs (designers) have thought about aesthetics but not about functionality and living care. A great design should care for the fish life because it is and aquarium and that is the goal of it, and after that be super cool and not the other way around. In that sense many of this designs might look good or not (that is personal opinion) but they are not good designs because your fish will die every 3 days, and that is not cool at all.

Dakota Cheyenne

It’s probably not a real phone booth just designed to look like one, and although I can tell that your concern for the fish is illegitimate I honestly think you’re making a mountain out of a mole hill

Cianura

they really like f… fish up…

JustAGuess

OMG I WATCHED THAT EPISODE!! the new york themed one that was really cool!, sorry just had to get that out there…
WOO GO TANKED

JustAGuess

OMG I WATCHED THAT EPISODE!! the new york themed one that was really cool!, sorry just had to get that out there…
WOO GO TANKED

outgoinglaughter

OMG. This is so weird. We have like the exact same feelings. I LOVE snakes.(I have one) I also LOVE animals (any and every kind). I am volunteering at the humane society!! I hate how people don’t respect them.

http://yourspecialdog.blogspot.com/ Yourspecialdog

wow wonderful ideas

Guinevere

These are disgusting, fish are living creatures, only a pig would fing this acceptable to do for our amusement.

Abbyj

I think it’s interesting how a page about interesting aquarium ideas leads to fights and comments like ‘I hope your child comes out disabled.’ That escalated quickly….

whatanightmare

In general I agree…except for the “i-whatever that is-fish tank” that thing is ENTIRELY too small, even for a beta…plus how on earth would you feed it or change the water?! Just like those stupid asian “live animal key chains” that thing is an inhumane torture chamber. I totally LOVE the desk, coffee table & sink ones though! :-)

guest

calm yo self down if animals are animals and u think they don’t have “feelings” o well go ahead go to petsmart ask for 20 and when an assistant asks why say o i dont care i’ll just cook em up after crowding them ina tank and throwimg rocks at them and see what they’ll say… if u believe they should be treated well go ahead and treat them well and respect them make sure that are not stressed and relaxed please calm down and if u think someone is wrong don’t mean that they are a retard or children should have birth defects how many times u got a question wrong on a test maybe u are a retard and all of your children are gonna be retards hmm maybe I don’t know